Disconnect from your blue light-emanating devices and plug into twilight at Firefly Ridge Luxury Retreat near Berkeley Springs, West Virginia. The collection of 14 glamping sites opened—or you might say “pitched”—in April 2024. Each large tent is set upon its own elevated decking and stocked with essentials courtesy of husband-and-wife proprietors Peter and Corinne Traub.
Tents have either a king bed or two full beds, upholstered armchairs, linens, blankets and lanterns. Each site also includes a picnic table, Blackstone grill and firepit for cooking and making s’mores, plus cookware, cups, electric water kettle, pour-over coffee maker with filters, utensils, and canvas wood slings with leather gloves for collecting and carrying wood.
The classy-for-a-campground bathhouse has a men’s and women’s room, each with private shower stalls and toilets, shampoo, conditioner, body wash, hair dryers and fluffy towels. While Wi-Fi is available for all tent sites, along with a power station for charging phones, cell service is limited.
Outdoor solar string lights give off a nice evening glow. Special “family glamping experience” weekends (Aug. 4-6 and 18-20) feature forest bathing with a naturalist, telescope stargazing, a campfire masterclass and a choice of adventures ranging from a horseback trail ride in Cacapon Resort State Park to a soak in mineral springs at the Old Roman Bathhouse in nearby Berkeley Springs State Park.
Glamping season runs from mid-April to mid-November. Neighboring Berkeley Springs is home to restaurants and breweries. Rates begin at $170 per night; $895 for the two- night, three-day family glamping experience, which also includes a farm-to-fire meal with a selection of local grass fed beef, chicken or lamb, and s’mores.
Firefly Ridge Luxury Retreat, 9225 Cacapon Road, Great Cacapon, West Virginia, 304-
901-4001